Taller women do better in a stressed environment: Height and reproductive success in rural Guatemalan women

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-269

  Pollet, Thomas V ^a   Nettle, Daniel ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; CHILDLESSNESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FEMALE FERTILITY; FITNESS; GUATEMALA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RURAL AREA; STILLBIRTH; SURVIVAL RATE; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD MORTALITY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GUATEMALA; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 43449094388     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.20708     Document Type: Article

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